Books of 2022
It was another memorable year of discovering new books from a wide range of genres, made even more meaningful by my amazing book club that is going strong after seven years and added some new members this year. Some of the best books I read this year were book club picks, including Olga Dies Dreaming, Great Circle, Lessons in Chemistry, and The Lincoln Highway (read at the end of 2021) . I read a few National Book Award winners and finalists ( Hell of a Book, Where the Dead Sit Talking, Matrix, All That She Carried, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club ), all of which were excellent. I was also incredibly impressed with some of the debut novels I read this year ( Remarkably Bright Creatures, Olga Dies Dreaming, Black Cake, Lessons in Chemistry, School for Good Mothers , to name a few) and I look forward to seeing what these authors come up with next! Santa Fe had its inaugural International Literary Festival, bringing big name authors to our small city to talk a...